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Table 1.

Physicochemical parameters measured in poultry litter.

Measure	Control	Shallow fermentation				Quicklime
Measure	Control	Cover	Cover + 1l	Cover+2l	Cover +3L	Virgin	Hidrated
Ammonia detection PPM
Day 01	-	421.51^aA	550.81^aA	585.84^aA	533.07^aA	-	-
Day 04	-	538.11^aA	597.19^aA	627.61^aA	589.28^aA	-	-
Day 08	-	625.94^aA	635.66^aA	608.38^aA	605.24^aA	-	-
Temperature (ºC)
Day 01	26^aA	26.48^aA	27.58^aA	26.62^aA	26.80^aA	26^aA	26^aA
Day 04	27^aA	27.12^aA	27.28^aA	27.48^aA	27.60^aA	27^aA	27^aA
Day 08	27^aA	27.58^aA	27.26^aA	27.46^aA	27.46^aA	27^aA	27^aA
pH
Day 01	7.98^aA	7.90^aA	8.13^aA	8.03^aA	8.24^aA	8.32^aA	8.38^aA
Day 04	8.04^aA	8.09^aA	8.36^aAB	8.35^abA	8.31^aAB	8.56^aA	8.69^aAB
Day 08	7.97^aA	8.11^aBC	8.25^aABC	8.16^aABC	7.99^aC	8.73^aA	8.65^aAB
Humidity
Day 01	25.77^aA	27.75^aA	35.38^aB	36.09^aB	37.59^aB	31.61^aB	33.29^aB
Day 04	18.07^bA	28.59^aA	38.04^aB	38.06^aB	41.04^aB	19.27^bA	21.01^bA
Day 08	15.54^bA	35.15^bB	41.11^bB	58.63^bC	69.00^bD	13.96^cA	16.04^cA
Water activity (aw)
Day 01	0.96^aA	0.94^aA	0.95^aA	0.94^Aa	0.96^aA	0.94^aA	0.95^aA
Day 04	0.90^aA	0.94^aABC	0.96^aAC	0.97^Aac	0.97^aAC	0.90^aA	0.88^abAB
Day 08	0.80^bAB	0.97^aAC	0.96^aAC	0.98^Ac	0.99^aC	0.89^aA	0.85^bAB

Different lowercase letters indicate statistical difference between a column (P<0.05). Different uppercase letters indicate statistical difference between lines (P< 0.05).